Which to use
“arraigada” is a participle and “arraigado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,670
- “arraigada” frequency rank
- #24,380
- “arraigado” frequency rank
- 48050
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arraigada | arraigado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de arraigado, participio de arraigar o de arraigarse. | Poseedor de bienes raíces. |
Where the eye mixes arraigada and arraigado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. arraigada and arraigado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: arraigada vs arraigado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: arraigada is [arajˈɣ̞að̞a] while arraigado is [arajˈɣ̞að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “arraigada” becomes o in “arraigado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48050, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arraigada is recorded at frequency rank #23,670, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [arajˈɣ̞að̞a]. arraigado is at rank #24,380, tagged as anadj, pronounced [arajˈɣ̞að̞o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 48050, this pair ranks #116,611 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arraigada vs arraigado
Shared letters: adgir. Private to "arraigada": -. Private to "arraigado": o.
"arraigada" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCV · "arraigado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arraigada" for "arraigado" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "arraigada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arraigado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,611 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arraigada" and "arraigado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arraigado vs arrugado". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #116,611 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.